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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “recruit”
Where the money went
Cwi WorksSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
226 matching grants · $151.2M · through 2024Largest: $11.5M to MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC — recruitment, training, and job placement of seniors
Largest: $12,000 to James Minor — to support teacher recruitment and retention efforts via the time fellowship program
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2022Largest: $127,913 to Blackhawk Technical College Foundation Inc — support for the commercial overhead bay doors at the cts building (specific naming to be worked out in the near future). support of equipment & recruitment. support for compeer fin…
Largest: $1.0M to WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION — for recruitment and/or research purposes
Largest: $3.3M to BES Inc — to increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the bes fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
27 matching grants · $14.4M · through 2024Largest: $740,000 to SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS LOS ANGELES — to host the conrad n. hilton foundation policy & systems change fellowship program, recruiting a new generation of public sector leaders to prevent and end homelessness across los …
Committee On StatesRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to TENNESSEE INVESTOR FUND — to support efforts to recruit donors, increase professional development opportunities, and review and vet non-partisan civic engagement plans
Largest: $25,000 to SOUTHWESTERN OREGON WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD — recruit hippo
Largest: $4.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — 79851 recruiting and onboarding a second cohort of participants for the culture of health leadership institute for racial healing
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
23 matching grants · $10.6M · through 2022Largest: $3.5M to GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY — support the transformation in battle creek public schools by providing students college/career readiness opportunities, including teacher and health professions pipelines towards i…
Northland FoundationDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $574,400 · through 2023Largest: $190,000 to CARE WITH AMANDA LLC — to support licensed child care programs to implement creative staff recruitment and retention strategies, in partnership with st. louis county and to support expansion of milestone…
Largest: $7.5M to DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM — to continue to strengthen dukes capacity and reputation in the sciences by recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty for the university health system.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →